Herstedøster Church ( da, Herstedøster Kirke) is a church in the northern outskirts of

Albertslund Albertslund is a Copenhagen suburb in Albertslund Municipality, Denmark. It is located west of central Copenhagen, with a population of around 30,000. Albertslund is a planned community or new town mainly built in the 1960s and 1970s. The subu ...

Albertslund Municipality Albertslund Municipality ( da, Albertslund Kommune) is a municipalities of Denmark, municipality in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 23,04 km2, and has a popu ...

, Denmark. In medieval times, the Romanesque church was dedicated to

Saint Nicholas Saint Nicholas of Myra, ; la, Sanctus Nicolaus (traditionally 15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also known as Nicholas of Bari, was an early Christian bishop of Greeks, Greek descent from the maritime city of Myra in Asia Minor (; modern-da ...

. The tower is of late-Gothic origin. The church interior was given a major renovation in 1994 by

Alan Havsteen-Mikkelsen Alan may refer to: People * Alan (surname), an English and Turkish surname * Alan (given name), an English given name **List of people with given name Alan ''Following are people commonly referred to solely by "Alan" or by a homonymous name.'' * ...

. In 1973, R. Smalley discovered

frescoes Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...

dated to around 1175, probably the date of origin of the church. On 1 February 2009 a major fire broke out at the church.

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External links

Official site
Churches in the Diocese of Helsingør Churches in Albertslund Municipality Lutheran churches converted from Roman Catholicism {{Denmark-church-stub